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Long awaited Russians back in Turkish beaches now

Long awaited Russians back in Turkish beaches now

Turkey's state-run media says the first plane in months carrying Russian tourists to Turkey has arrived in the southern beach resort of Antalya as tense relations between the two countries ease, the Associted Press reports.

Turkey's Anadolu Agency
says airport officials greeted the passengers with flowers and a cocktail party
after the Rossiya Airlines flight from Moscow landed Saturday, July 9 morning
with 189 passengers.

Relations were strained
after Turkey downed a Russian jet in November 2015. Russia responded with
economic sanctions, including a ban on travel packages to Turkey. Russian
President Vladimir Putin lifted the ban on travel sales after receiving a
letter of apology from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month.

Tourism in Turkey has
taken a hit with the Russian travel ban and a string of deadly suicide bombings
targeting tourism sites.